York Region

TORONTO — Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says six infants have been born with congenital measles since an outbreak began last fall, adding they were infected in the womb through mothers who were not vaccinated. Dr. Kieran Moore says these infants recovered, but their infections could have been prevented if their mothers had been […]

KAWARTHA LAKES — Ontario Provincial Police say two men have died after their canoe capsized in the Kawartha Lakes area Sunday afternoon. OPP say emergency responders were dispatched to a boat accident on Sturgeon Lake just after 3 p.m. They say a canoe was carrying three males, one of whom was able to swim back […]

Toronto police say one person is dead after a shooting in the city’s west end on Saturday night. Police say they responded to reports of a shooting in the area of Emmett Avenue and Jane Street just after 10 p.m. They say officers found a male victim with a gunshot wound. Police say he was […]

TORONTO — As police in Ontario increasingly investigate killings of women and girls as femicides, advocates say a firm definition of the term must be embedded in the Criminal Code. It’s a change they hope could be on the table soon after Prime Minister Mark Carney proposed cracking down on intimate partner violence in this […]

VICTORIA — Swimming star Summer McIntosh of Toronto set a world record in the 400-metre freestyle event on Saturday while competing in the Bell Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria. McIntosh posted a time of three minutes, 54.18 seconds at Commonwealth Place to establish the new mark. She trimmed 1.20 seconds off the 2023 record set […]

CALGARY — Dedrick Mills scored three rushing touchdowns for the Calgary Stampeders in a 38-26 win over the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday. Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. completed 19 of 28 pass attempts for 284 yards in his Stampeder debut while also rushing for 33 yards on three carries. He was intercepted twice in the […]

CALEDON — Matthew Anderson could get used to this kind of treatment. The Mississauga, Ont., native, like all eight Canadians in the field at the RBC Canadian Open, was serenaded with the national anthem at just about every hole in Saturday’s third round. Anderson, who plays on the Korn Ferry Tour and is playing on […]

EDMONTON — Mark Hunter remembers pulling Corey Perry aside for a chat. The co-owner and general manager of the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights wanted to make sure his player understood the consequences. “Grit, hitting people and punching people,” Hunter recalled of the skinny teenager’s on-ice approach. “He was like 160 pounds … ‘Seriously Corey, […]

Ontario Provincial Police say a woman is dead and her six-year-old daughter is injured after a two-vehicle highway crash in Milton, Ont., on Saturday morning. Police say it happened just after 10 a.m. on Highway 401 near James Snow Parkway. They say a 40-year-old woman from Cambridge, Ont., was driving eastbound when she struck the […]

Much of Ontario remains under special air quality statements or warnings today amid smoke from wildfires burning in other parts of Canada. Air quality warnings Environment Canada issued on Thursday for parts of northern Ontario remain in place today as wildfires scorch Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, with heavy smoke causing poor air quality and reduced […]